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24POSTER 16ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOURS SPENT AT CLUBHOUSE REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND TOTAL THRIVING SCORESARIANNA RIVERA (MARIST COLLEGE), MARY STONE (MARIST COLLEGE), AMRO NAGI (MARIST COLLEGE) This pilot study explored the relationship between hours spent in a community-based psychosocial rehabilitation program and thriving scores among adults with severe mental illness. Using the Brief Inventories of Thriving (BIT), we hypothesized that more time spent at the program would correlate with higher thriving scores. However, the results (r[7] = -.020, p = .517) showed no significant relationship, suggesting that factors other than time spent at the Clubhouse may better predict thriving outcomes.POSTER 17ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN COVID-19 IMPACT, BASAL CORTISOL, AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN EARLY CHILDHOODKATHERINE KREMER (SUNY U. BUFFALO), MARGARET A. AZU (UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO), JAMIE M. OSTROV (UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO), DIANNA MURRAY-CLOSE (UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT) The COVID-19 pandemic had a large impact on preschool-aged children. Previous literature in this age group has shown an impact of both the COVID-19 pandemic and basal cortisol on executive function. The present study examined the role of cortisol as a moderator of the relations between COVID-19 and executive functioning. Examining the impact of the pandemic on young children is critical to identify the lasting effects that it may have caused.POSTER 18ATTRACTIVENESS AND LENIENCY: STALKING BEHAVIORS AND PERCEPTIONLANEY STOUT (INDEPENDENT), RIVER CATES (INDEPENDENT), HALEY HARTNESS (INDEPENDENT), KAREN YANOWITZ (INDEPENDENT) The purpose of this study aims to look at the relationship between conventional attractiveness and gender in relation to stalking behaviors, and the leniency granted to individuals who engage in those behaviors. We hypothesize people give conventionally attractive individuals more leniency for crimes, such as stalking, than unattractive people. The results could reveal biases in the perception of stalking and help us gain a better understanding of the psychological and criminological impact attractiveness privilege poses.POSTER 19AUTISTIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MENTAL HEALTH: THE BUFFERING ROLE OF ADULT ATTACHMENTJESSICA HANDY (RADFORD UNIVERSITY), JEFFERY ASPELMEIER (RADFORD UNIVERSITY) The present study tests whether adult romantic attachment buffers the effects of autistic characteristics on mental health symptomatology. In a Prolific sample of 196 adult individuals, autistic characteristics, avoidance, and anxiety all were positively associated with symptom frequency and severity. Also, avoidant attachment and autistic characteristics significantly interacted to predict symptom severity. Among participants who are high in autistic characteristics, symptom severity was lowest among participants lowest in avoidance.POSTER 20BAYESIAN AND FREQUENTIST PERSPECTIVES ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY AND DEPRESSIONNAIRA HARUTYUNYAN (CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE), VINCENT CAVALLINO (CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE) This study was intended to compare alternative and conventional statistical approaches in terms of elucidating the relationship between sleep quality and depression. A secondary data analysis was conducted, and results reinforced the significant correlation between sleep quality and depression. Also, women reported significantly lower sleep quality and higher rates of depression than men. With this in mind, we discuss whether the application of Bayesian priors will further inform the results to be more practically applicable.POSTER 21BEYOND CULTURAL COMPETENCE: QUALITATIVE REVIEW OF CHALLENGES FACED BY WESTERNTRAINED ARAB THERAPISTSKAITLYN ARROW (PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY HARRISBURG) SENEL POYRAZLI (PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY HARRISBURG)With the majority of therapeutic interventions created and validated in Western populations, many therapists working with non-Western clients are faced with the challenge of culturally adapting frameworks in which they have been trained. Through a qualitative literature review of intervention research and firsthand accounts of clinicians' experiences working in the Middle East, this poster highlights the challenges 24